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Grants
Grants
- Youth Crime Prevention
  Youth Crime Prevention
  
  Funding for community-led initiatives that address offending behaviour and recidivism by young people.
- Public Safety Infrastructure Fund
  Public Safety Infrastructure Fund
  
  Funding of up to $250,000 for the development of public safety and security infrastructure to improve community safety, security and confidence in public places.
- Community Safety Fund
  Community Safety Fund
  
  These grants provide funding for local crime prevention and safety initiatives in Victoria.
- Place-Based Targeted
  Place-Based Targeted
  
  Partnership projects to reduce the risks of crime and increase community safety in areas experiencing high rates of crime and disadvantage.
- Graffiti Prevention Grants
  Graffiti Prevention Grants
  
  The Graffiti Prevention Grants provide funding for councils to partner with their communities to prevent graffiti vandalism.
- Community Safety Infrastructure Grants
  Community Safety Infrastructure Grants
  
  Funding of up to $500,000 to improve community safety, security and confidence in public places.
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Resources
Resources
- Urban design and crime
  Urban design and crime
  
  Good urban design can help make public places safer.
- CCTV
  CCTV
  
  Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in public places can be an effective crime prevention tool.
- Graffiti
  Graffiti
  
  Information about addressing illegal graffiti, prevention and removal initiatives in Victoria
- Theft and burglary
  Theft and burglary
  
  Protect your home, your car and your stuff.
- All Resources
  All Resources
  
  Search useful information, tips and documents on crime prevention.
- Working with young people
  Working with young people
  
  Useful resources to assist in designing and delivering a project with young people.
- Our research projects
  Our research projects
  
  The Community Crime Prevention Unit is conducting research to build knowledge about crime prevention across government and community.
- Building partnerships
  Building partnerships
  
  Resources to consider when establishing and managing your partnership project.
In your community
In your community
- Featured projects
  Featured projects
  
  Get ideas about activities that you could implement in your local area by reading about our featured projects.
- Find projects we've funded
  Find projects we've funded
  
  Search for all the crime prevention projects across Victoria funded under the Community Crime Prevention Program.
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Community Safety Infrastructure Grants closing soon

June 15th, 2020

Community organisations and local councils have until Friday 17 July to apply for grants of up to $500,000 to improve public safety and security infrastructure.

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Contact us to discuss your project delivery options

April 28th, 2020

The evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency may impact the delivery of projects funded by the Community Crime Prevention Program.

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New survey tool for measuring feelings of safety in Victoria

April 1st, 2020

A new survey tool has been developed for local government to measure how safe people feel in Victorian communities.

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US experts share learnings on violence reduction and justice reform

December 17th, 2019

David Muhammad from the National Institute of Criminal Justice Reform and Leah Wilson of the State Bar of California visit Melbourne.

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Grants awarded to 63 new community-led projects to prevent crime

December 17th, 2019

Councils and community groups across Victoria share in more than $700,000 worth of Community Safety Fund grants.

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$2.7 million awarded to make public spaces safer in Victoria

October 11th, 2019

Funding for new projects has been awarded under the latest round of the Public Safety Infrastructure Fund

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Spotlight on the Department of Justice and Community Safety regions: Loddon Mallee

September 10th, 2019

Located in Victoria’s North West, the Loddon Mallee region covers almost 26 per cent of the state and ten local government areas, including Bendigo, Mildura, Echuca and Swan Hill.